Tuesday, May 5, 2009

This is why you are wrong Mr. Obama

"Buffalo over Bangalore", fair enough for a president of United States, but we need to weigh pros and cons around it.
First thing it’s easier said than done, Bangalore was not built in a day, it took hard work of a complete generation to build Bangalore, and when I say Bangalore I mean Indian IT industry. It was never an easy task to win trust of a new world and deliver to that trust, if you feel that only because of geography someone will start trusting an IT professional sitting in Buffalo more than one sitting in Bangalore than you need to revisit your feeling. Bangalore represents a trust which has been earned through relentless hard work and not through geography.
Second thing, It all start in Bangalore but the main beneficiary is not Bangalore but Buffalo and many other cities like Buffalo, Bangalore has helped Industries in USA , Europe, OZ and Asia Pacific in terms of workforce and effective working. It’s not only low cost; it’s a pool of dedicated professional who in spite of seating at 12000 miles away has welfare of his client as his primary concern.
Third thing this truly miss-represents the culture of countries like USA which are truly meritocratic, Dear Obama sir your rise to the presidency is one of the examples of this, The IT professional from Bangalore are just seeking their position in a meritocratic world based on their merit. They are giving their relentless service and then earning the status they have right now, so discrimination against them is something which USA has never ever represented in history.
And then there are other factors and there has been a lot of talk around how the people from outside has contributed to the growth of USA so I won’t get into that discussion but those factors can’t be ignored.
I understand that your country and rest of the world is going through a economic recession and a financial crisis, but blaming it to Bangalore will not help, Bangalore was not the real cause of it, the real cause was a bunch of greed infested Bankers sitting somewhere in wall street, So what will help is correcting the Banks not Blocking Bangalore.